1.   Every industrial sector first section stock gained.

2.   For the third straight session, bank and other financial service sector stocks, beneficiaries of lower interest rates, moved higher.

3.   Milling sector stocks were mixed, two declining and three gaining.

4.   Banking and finance sector stocks led the way.

5.   Electricity sector stocks Enersis and Endesa both lost ground on Thursday.

6.   Electricity sector stocks slid further on Wednesday, after oil strikes in Argentina led to temporary plant closures on Tuesday on this side of the Andes.

7.   Financial sector stocks also did poorly.

8.   Hong Kong prices fell on losses by market heavyweight HSBC Holdings and other financial sector stocks.

9.   Leading Chilean power sector stocks also declined on the news that Argentina will unhinge regulated electricity rates from the dollar.

10.   THAI shares slid one per cent yesterday as foreign investors locked in profits, selling their finance sector stocks after two days of sharp market gains.